A Spoonful of Sugar.....

Happy Monday to everyone! I have had a very crafty weekend and was able to start and finish this card. All this in spite of the fact that our furnace went out and we will have to replace the whole unit! Yikes! It's pretty chilly in the house, but I am thankful that it's not icy cold outside with a foot of snow. Actually our temperatures are pretty moderate - in the low 60's. Tomorrow we will have heat again!

Enough about that, I have a card that I want to show you. If you haven't tried a Krista Smith digi image from Saturated Canary, I urge you to visit her blog and order an image or two. They are fabulous to color - so much fun!


The image I have used on this card is called "Ratatouille". She is so sweet, but the first thing I thought about when I saw her was the song "Just a Spoon Full of Sugar helps the medicine go down". I think she makes a super Get Well card.

Here is the front of my card...





A close up of my coloring (recipe at the end of the post)...



A side view gives you a look at the dimension...



The inside of my card, and I typed out the sentiment on my computer...




The Salutation panel is not quite as gussied up...




The artsy view of the card...



For those who are interested here is my card recipe:

Cardstock - Bazzill, SU and Cryogen White
DP - Magnolia and stash (from my BFF Paola in South Africa)
Copics:
Skin - E0000, 000, 00, 11, chalk for cheeks
Hair - E30, 31, 50
Apron - B60, Coo
Dress - R81, 83, 85, 14, G40, 43, 82, Y32, YR16, BG49, V06, B21, 34
Shoes - C7,5,3,1
Mouse -C01, 00, 03, R20, 00
Cups - G40, 0000 R0000, 00
Distress Inks - weathered wood, tattered rose
Ribbon - stash
Spoon charm - stash
Ornamental Corners - Wild Orchid Crafts
Rhinestones - Michaels
Spellbinders - Labels 6

Well thanks so much for visiting my blog. I will be back in a couple of days with the newest Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge. This is one that you will absolutely love, so please be sure to check back. Until then...

Lacy Challenge at DP2

I've been hard at work at my crafting table again this week. I decided to color a Mo's Digital Pencil image called Bunches. I've used her on several cards in the past and I absolutely adore her. I checked on the DP2 Challenge Blog and this week their challenge is to use lace, so I'm entering my card into this challenge.

I have quite a few different pictures of my project, so please bear with me...

Here is the front of the Easel card closed flat for mailing...



A closer look at my coloring...



Here is a side view of the card. As you can see here I used a length of cotton lace and wove some Chocolate Brown ribbon through it.



A front view of the card propped open. I used my crimp-per to make my stopper with the sentiment on top.



When you open the card completely, I finished the entire inside. I wanted to have a place to write a short (very short) salutation, so I printed the image again, only much smaller, and colored her to match. To the left is another sentiment panel, which pulls out to reveal a personal note...




Here you can see how the sentiment tag just slides out to reveal the message and slides right back in. I used two layers on this card to really make sure it didn't break.




Okay, here is my card recipe:

DP - some old stuff from my stash
CS - Bazzill and SU
Lace/pearls/ribbon - stash
Creative Memories Oval cutter
MS Lace Edge punch
SU Word Window Punch
Scor-Tape
Copics:
Skin - E0000, 000, 00, 11, chalk for cheeks
Hair - E25, 27, 31
Leaves/Stems - G43, 46
Flowers - R81, 81, 46, 22, V05, YR12, 16, B32, 34, Y11, 15
Dress/Shoes - B32, 37, 60, E25, 40, 41, 42, 43, 25

So that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to see my latest creation. Your comments are all so very special and much appreciated.

A friend reaches for your hand....

If you are looking for my Magnolia-licious Highlites February Blog Hop card, please click on the link.

Now, I just have to tell you what a blast I had with fellow DT teammy Suzanne Dean on Saturday night. She was here in town teaching a Copic Class and quite a few of the gals in her class all went out for dinner with her afterwards. I was honored that Suzanne invited me to join them. It was such fun! She is a crazy lady, as you all probably know by now, and she made the evening very memorable. I also met some gals from out of town and we really connected, so I'm looking forward to getting with them when the next chapter of my life begins to unfold - after the children go back to live with their parents.

So now onto my post...

Since my sweet friend, Pat Frank, steered me in the direction of Saturated Canary images by Krista Smith, I've become quite smitten with them. They are absolutely adorable and so much fun to color! They are digi images so you can size them to what ever best suits your needs. They don't take up any space in my crafting studio either! That I really like.

So I ordered a few new ones the other day, and after my DT card was finished I sat down to color one. This sweet image is called Murray and I had a blast coloring her with lots of different colors which were in my DP.



Don't you just love her? She is perfect for an Easter card or just a spring card, which is how I've used her here. Here is a closer look at how I colored her...



I was really stumped when it came to finishing the inside, as in the Basic Grey 6X6 paper stack, called Piccadilly, there were only two sheets of each pattern. Bummer, I really need three pieces so that I can coordinate the inside better. Oh, well, I finally got it together and this is the result. This is the upper inside panel...



Here is the salutation panel...



Here is my artistic look, a side view of the card...



Well, okay, I'm off to get some smocking done - I'm very far behind on my projects.
Thank you so much for taking the time from your busy schedule to visit my blog. Your comments are always very much appreciated.

Spring is right around the corner Blog Hop!

The Magnolia-licious Highlites Design Team is hopping into Spring this month! What fun and inspiration there is in store for you.

If you've hopped on over from the extremely creative and talented Mindy's blog you're headed in the right direction! If you've just jumped into my blog, please go Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog to get the right order. From here you're going to head on over to the equally talented Sharon's blog to feast your eyes on her magnificent creation. I'm telling you girls, you don't want to miss a single stop on this hop!

I had kind of worked ahead on my card this time while I waited for my SU Blushing Bride cardstock to arrive. So when it did arrive, the card just fell into place. This month I have chosen the completely adorable #321 Hello Little Butterfly image from Magnolia-licious. I'm sorry to say that she is only available in the Mini size at the moment. You'll have to check with Diana to see if she will be stocking this image in the near future.

So here is what I came up with...



And here's a close up of this pretty Tilda...



As you know I really prefer to work with soft colors and use lots of flowers and pearls. I can really get creative in this medium!

I always like to show you a side angle view of my cards...



I was so inspired by my pretty dp in pink that I got a little carried away on the inside. I don't think there are really any 'pink' mushrooms, except in Fairy land, but for me there is...



Here is the salutation panel. I made a pocket and jazzed it up and added another oval shape to write out your greeting...



Here is the panel out of the pocket...



And to bring it all to a close, here is my 'artsy' angled photo...



For those who are interested, here is my card recipe:

Card Stock - SU Blushing Bride, Generic white and Xpress It Blending card
DP - Vintage Whimsey by 'the girl's paperie' which I found at my local LSS
Copics:
Skin - E0000, 00, 11, chalk for cheeks
Hair - E30, 31, 34
Apron/Mushrooms - R81, 83, 85, E40, 41, 42, 43
Leaves - G43
Dress/Boots - C00, 1, 3
SB Classic Ovals Large and Large Scalloped
Magnolia Vintage Lace die, Hear Swirl Die
Flowers/ribbon/pearls - stash
Butterflies - MS punch
Distress Inks - tattered rose and weathered wood

Now that you've finished your hop stop here at my blog please don't forget to head on over the the uber talented Sharon Caudle's blog. There's lots more spring inspiration ahead of you, so keep on hoppin'.

Oh yes, we have no Bananas.....

Good morning all,

I'm back with another post, and just a short one today. I had purchased this funky paper some time ago and thought that SOMEDAY it would make a cute card. Well I got inspired the other day to combine it with two images from Magnolia-licious. #276 Going Banana's Tilda from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection and the Monkey. He is an image someone stamped and gave to me and I've checked in Diana's store, but he doesn't seem to be available. In an case I thought they went cute together. Unfortunately neither of them are available at the moment.

I ran out of rhinestones before I got to the inside of my card so it seems quite plain on the inside.

Here is the front of my card...



A closer look at Tilda...



A side view of the card...



Inside the card....




A closer look at the monkey...



The artistic view....




My card recipe:

CS - SU Barely Banana, Chocolate Chip, Bazzill, Xpress It Blending Card
DP Creative Imaginations
Copics:
Skin - E0000,00,11 Chalk
Hair - 30,31,34
Grapes - V09, 28
Dress/Turban - YR00,12,27 Blender
Leaves - G43, 46
Bananas - Y21, 32, 53
Shoes/Lace Trim - BG23, 10, 45
Monkey - E30,31,35 chalk
Ribbon/Charm/Rhinestones - Stash
Sentiment - Computer Generated

I hope you enjoy seeing my fun new card. It will be in my ETSY shop soon.

Put your sunglasses on for this Birthday card...

Happy Monday everyone! I was pretty busy over the last few days making this card, as well as working on a few others. CAUTION: Please put your sunglasses on to view this post!!! Proceed at your own risk!!!!

All you who know me know that I'm just a very soft colors, girly, pearly, flowery kind of crafter. I really don't know what possessed me to begin this project with such "brilliant" colors, but once I had started there was no turning back. Actually this image was intended for a previous card (the pretty girly one with the frame) but when I went to put it together the colors were completely wrong. My BFF was on Skype with me and I showed it to her. She told me to find a different card for my image, so I began hunting through my stash to see what I could find. Well I didn't have to look very long to find the designer paper that went with this image perfectly, but it was birthday. How was I going to get that to meld? Well, put your sunglasses on now, because here's what I came up with. It just evolved like a living creature....



Whad I tell ya?

Okay so now down to some serious business. I have used #206 Baseball Tilda from the "Winner Takes All" collection 2011 for the front of my card. I purchased her from Diana at Magnolia-licious and she is currently in stock.

Here is a close up of her...



A closer look with the flowers...



Here is the Gate Fold card opened up...



On the inside I used #226 Birthday Tilda and #294 Mini Tilda with Balloon and #594 Balloon Background. So here are a couple of view of the inside of the card...


Birthday Cake Tilda and computer generated sentiment...




A close up of how I colored Birthday Cake Tilda...



Left side panel with #226 Balloon Tilda and computer generated sentiment...




Right side panel with #294 Balloon Background with Baker's Twine for the strings threaded through my sentiment panel which is from AmyR...





This time I decorated the back of my card as well...


Okay, you've made it through and you can take off the sunglasses now! Thanks for stopping by and following through this post with lots of pictures. Your comments are always so encouraging.

Get Well for a little boy...

I made this card for a special little boy who is only 6 years old. Earlier last week he had a mass removed from his ear in a day surgery situation. The Doctor said that he was pretty confident that they got the whole thing, but as we all know, all tumors removed from our bodies are sent to the lab. The news was not good. The mass was cancerous and this young family is now facing visits to the Oncologist, Pediatric specialist and Ear Nose and Throat specialists. He his just slightly older than Jordan who will turn 6 at the end of next month. I have been in much prayer for this family, for strength, peace and hope! There is always hope!!!

So I got busy making a card for him - for just him. It was really hard to begin this card and much prayer went along with the making of it.

I have used an image from Sugar Nellie the Simply Adorable series called Nathan and I hope that it is appropriate for a young boy! These images are a dream to color as the shading is already done for you. I did add a few highlights to his shirt. I also wrote, or rather printed, a short message inside the card, and you will see that printing is not my strong suit.

So here is the Easel card I made for him...

For some reason I just had to make this card in green and it took a while to sort through my copious stack of DP to find just the right matches. The polka dot paper is from MME and the stripped paper is from SU - a very retired pattern. I used SU Garden Green card stock, some retired SU buttons I've had for years and the ribbon is also from SU - an old IN Color from years ago! I tied each button with some bakers twine from my stash and the shapes are from SB Labels 18. I stitched each panel on my sewing machine. The sentiments are from a) SU Curvy Verses and, b)the Get Well Soon is from an AmyR set which I got at All That Scraps.

So here are a few more views of my card...

Thank you so much for visiting my blog again. I always appreciate your wonderful comments.

Blessings and hugs,
Barb